"She Leads" Academy concludes Young women's training

The ''She Leads Leadership Academy'' for young women concluded the
theoretical trainings for the participating young women, in cooperation with
the training team from the Arab-European Foundation, where it dealt with topics
in the areas of leadership, communication, networking, thinking engineering,
entrepreneurship, and UN Security Council Resolutions 2250 on youth and peace
and 1325 on women and peace and safety, and gender and gender-based violence.
The Innovation Forum for Gender Issues "Agora" of the United Nations
Women in Palestine, provided trainings for the young women on mediation as an
alternative means of resolving conflicts.
It is noteworthy that the YWCA of Palestine launched the ''She Leads Leadership Academy'' for young women with
the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), as part of the
“Youth Leads” political and civic participation program for youth in Palestine,
which is implemented by the Fund with funding from the European Union, with the
aim of empowering young men and women to play a participating, active and
contributing role in society, by providing them with the various skills and
incentives that qualify them for this.
The Academy is a new model based on the
international experiences of YWCAs, entitled "She Leads". This model
is being built and developed in Palestine as a youth leadership program with a
non-stereotypical learning approach for young women between the ages of 23 and
29.
The academy extends for a period of five
months, from August to December 2022, including 18 young women who were
selected according to specific criteria. It includes several activities, such
as trainings, capacity building, networking and relationship-building visits,
exchanges of experiences, lectures for experts on various topics related to leadership,
excellence and entrepreneurship, developing ideas for community initiatives,
exploratory study tours, and job training opportunities.
The academy aims to empower young women to
become active participants and contributors to Palestinian society, develop
their knowledge of the basic concepts necessary to understand contemporary
social issues, including those related to political participation and
leadership, assess needs and analyze obstacles to the development and
implementation of policies and programs related to leadership for young women,
and strengthen knowledge, skills and connections with governmental and
non-governmental opportunities for young women, through organized trainings and
dialogues with institutions.